KR20060046722A - Extended package scheme to support application program downloading, and system and method for application program service using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a package configuration for supporting the download of an application program, and in particular, for example, in a TV-Anytime system, an extended package configuration for supporting an application program download and an application program using the same The present invention relates to a download service method and system.

Package construction method for supporting the download of the application program according to the present invention, comprising the steps of: generating metadata for the general information of the application program, including type information of the application program; Generating metadata about detailed information of the application program, including version information of the application program; Generating metadata about a usage environment of a terminal to which the application program is applied; And generating a package including the application program and the metadata.

Package, Metadata, Application, Application Download

Description

Extended package scheme to support application program downloading, and system and method for application program service using the same}

1A is a diagram illustrating a schema structure of general information of an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 1B is a diagram illustrating an XML schema that defines the schema structure shown in FIG. 1A; FIG.

2A illustrates a schema structure for detailed information of an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2B illustrates an XML schema that defines the schema structure shown in FIG. 2A;

3 is a view showing a high level structure of an application category according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a view illustrating an example of a category structure of consumption illustrated in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a category structure of management illustrated in FIG. 3;

6A is a diagram illustrating a schema structure for an example of an extended usage environment description means according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6B illustrates an XML schema that defines the schema structure shown in FIG. 6A;

7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an application program service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a package configuration for supporting the download of the application program, in particular, for example, in TV-Anytime system, extended package configuration for supporting the application program download and application program download using the same It relates to a service method and system.

In recent years, the TV Anytime Forum continues to discuss metadata for describing objects (ObjectDescriptioMetadata). Metadata for describing the object is essential information for the object to be consumed correctly according to its purpose.

In addition, the description of the application program, and the structure of the package to support is also very important topic of discussion. Here, the application program refers to an object that runs on the user's terminal (means a terminal device such as a set-top box or PDR supporting TV animation time) and performs a specific function.

The application program is very sensitive to the usage environment of the terminal device. In other words, if the usage environment of the terminal device is not suitable for the application program to operate, the application program cannot be consumed in the terminal device, and therefore, a description of the usage environment and the method of using the application is very important. For example, when the application program is a driver for updating the terminal device, the manufacturer information and model information of the hardware become the most important usage environment conditions.

Therefore, in order to effectively and successfully download the application program in the terminal device, an accurate description of the application program, a description of user environment information in which the application may be consumed, and support for and providing the same may be required.

The present invention has been proposed to meet the above requirements, and an object thereof is to provide an extended package configuration for supporting application program download.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an application program download service method and system using an extended package configuration for application program download support.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. Also, it will be readily appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, a package configuration method for supporting the download of the application program,

Generating metadata about general information of the application program, including type information of an application program; Generating metadata about detailed information of the application program, including version information of the application program; Generating metadata about a usage environment of a terminal to which the application program is applied; And generating a package including the application program and the metadata.

In addition, the package for supporting the download of the application program according to the present invention,

Metadata description means for general information of the application program; Metadata description means for detailed information of the application program; And metadata description means relating to a usage environment of the terminal to which the application program is applied.

In addition, the application program acquisition method according to the present invention,

Receiving an extended package including general information and detailed information about the application program and metadata about a usage environment; And acquiring an application program suitable for a user terminal environment using the extended package.

And, the application program download service system according to the present invention,

Extended package providing means for providing an extended package including general information and detailed information about the application and metadata regarding a usage environment to a user terminal; And a user terminal consuming or using a predetermined application program suitable for a user environment of the user terminal using the extended package.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, whereby those skilled in the art may easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. There will be. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the specification and claims should not be construed as having a conventional or dictionary meaning, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

In the claims of this specification, components expressed as means for performing the functions described in the detailed description include all types of software including, for example, a combination of circuit elements or firmware / microcode, etc. that perform the functions. It is intended to include all methods of performing a function which are combined with appropriate circuitry for executing the software to perform the function. The invention, as defined by these claims, is equivalent to what is understood from this specification, as any means capable of providing such functionality, as the functionality provided by the various enumerated means are combined, and in any manner required by the claims. It should be understood that.

In the following, first, an extended package configuration for supporting an application program download will be described, and then an application program download service method and system using the same will be described.

<Extended Package Configuration>

The package configuration proposed in the present invention may be applied to a system supporting a bidirectional service between a server and a client, and the following description will mainly be given on TV Anytime service.

In order to correctly download the application program and to operate correctly in a suitable user environment, a package configuration including metadata for describing the application program and metadata for describing a usage environment (UED) is required. In the following description, it should be noted that in some cases, an application program is simply referred to as an 'application'.

A. Application description metadeta>

The metadata for describing the application program is composed of metadata about general information of the application and metadata about detailed information, for example, as shown in Table 1 below.

FIG. 1A illustrates a schema structure of general information of an application according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B illustrates an XML schema that defines the schema structure illustrated in FIG. 1A.

Referring to FIG. 1A, basic content description metadata (BasicContentDescrriptionType) for general information description of an application is composed of metadata for describing characteristics common to all content objects such as video, audio, Html, and the like. The function definition for each element constituting the BasicContentDescrriptionType is as described in Table 2 below.

FIG. 2A illustrates a schema structure of detailed information of an application according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2B illustrates XML schema that defines the schema structure illustrated in FIG. 2A.

Referring to FIG. 2A, an application context-based content attribute type description means (ApplicationContextAttributesType description) is metadata description means related to detailed information of an application. The function definition for each element of the metadata regarding the detailed information of the application is shown in Table 3 below.

B. Category description metadeta

Hereinafter, the "application category" CS (classification scheme) and the "operating system category" CS in Table 3 will be described in detail.

The "application category" CS may be obtained from a software category provider. For example, it can be obtained from CNET Netwoks Ins. (Www.centnetworks.com) and Korea Software Industry Association (http://www.softwarecatalog.co.kr), which provide software categories.

3 is a diagram illustrating a high level structure of an application category according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the upper level of the "application category" CS is divided into consumption and management according to the purpose of using the application.

The applications belonging to the consumption are composed of applications for simple consumption of users, and the applications belonging to the management are composed of users themselves and applications for managing user systems.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a category structure of consumption illustrated in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a category structure of management illustrated in FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 4, application categories for consumption include personal / home, education, games, business, and professional domains.

Referring to FIG. 5, application categories for management include system management, job management, multimedia management, and the like.

In addition to the metadata shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the application category may include audio / video, internet, enterprise computing, design and photo, utility, data broadcasting, and the like. An example of the XML metadata format of the application category CS is shown in Appendix 1 attached at the end of the detailed description.

The operating system category may be configured, for example, as shown in Table 4 below.

An example of the XML metadata format of the operating system CS is shown in Appendix 2 attached at the end of the detailed description.

C. Extended Environment Description (UED) Metadata

The extended usage environment description metadata proposed by the present invention is metadata additionally required to support application program download from various types of terminal devices. If the application program provided in the set-top box supporting the TV anytime service can be operated correctly, the correct model type and / or version information of the set-top box will be important. For example, the "patch application" of the utility category is used for updating firmware or operating system (OS), where the environment technology metadata in which the application program can operate includes the manufacturer, the model of the set-top box, and the like. Version information must be included.

In addition, in order to describe the system characteristics of the terminal device on which the application program can operate, the CPU performance, memory capacity, supported OS, middleware type, virtual machine type, and other system SW will be described.

In addition, the storage capacity of the storage device and the types of various terminal devices can be described.

6A is a diagram showing a schema structure for an example of an extended usage environment description means according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6B is a diagram showing an XML schema defining the schema structure shown in FIG. 6A.

6A and 6B, as metadata describing a terminal device in a use environment, hardware manufacturer information including hardware model and version information has been further expanded.

In addition, in order to describe the system characteristics of the terminal device on which the application program can operate, CPU performance, memory capacity, supported OS, middleware type, virtual machine type, and other system SW information are further expanded.

In addition, the storage capacity of the storage device and type information of various terminal devices have been further expanded.

Each element constituting the extended usage environment description means for accurately supporting the application program download according to the embodiment of the present invention is shown in Table 5 below.

The metadata for the above application program and the extended usage environment description metadata for supporting the download of the application program are included in a package generated by a server providing a TV animation service and provided to the user terminal. When such a package is provided through a bidirectional network such as the Internet and at the same time includes a data broadcasting application, the data broadcasting middleware type supported by the user terminal (= box type, ex. MHP, ACAP, ARIP, etc.) In order for the appropriate application to be selected, it is required to correctly identify the data broadcasting middleware type (= box type) of the user terminal. To this end, it is preferable to configure the "SytemInformation" of the "TerminalInformation" described above including "Middleware" information as shown in Table 6.

<Application program download system and method>

7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an application program service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the entire system includes an extended package providing means 100 for providing an extended package including general information, detailed information about the application, and metadata about a usage environment to a user terminal; And a user terminal 200 consuming or using a predetermined application program suitable for a user environment of the user terminal using the extended package. The extended package providing means may include an extended package generation unit 110 that generates the extended package including an identifier of an object corresponding to the application program; An encoding unit 120 for encoding the extended package; And a transmitter 130 for transmitting the encoded package to the user terminal. The identifier uses a CRID (Content Reference IDentifier) defined in the TV Anytime standard, and the user terminal 200 may obtain local information of an object using a CRID corresponding to each object information. The user terminal 200 includes a receiver 210 for receiving an extended package for an application program to be acquired; A decoder 220 to decode the encoded extended package, and an object information extractor 230 to extract object information of the application program from the decoded extended package; And location information acquisition means 240 for obtaining location information of an application program using the object information. The controller (not shown) of the user terminal 200 may obtain a corresponding application program using the location information of the object.

Application program download service method according to an embodiment of the present invention,

The first step in which the service provider produces an application program

A second step of configuring an extended package including metadata for supporting the download of the produced application program;

A third step of the service provider transmitting the extended package to a user terminal;

A fourth step of acquiring an application program suitable for a user terminal environment using the extended package. The acquiring of the application program by the user terminal may include extracting an identifier for the object information of the application program from the received extended package and using the identifier for the object information, as described above. By obtaining the information, a desired application program is obtained. In addition, the identifier is a CRID (Content Referencing ID) defined in the TV-Anytime standard.

For example, when the application program is for learning French and the OS is WIN CE, the application description metadata is shown in Table 7 below.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

[Appendix 1] XML Metadata for Application Category CS

<? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>

<ClassificationScheme uri = "urn: tva: metadata: Phase2: cs: ApplicationCategoryCS: 2005">

<!-############################################## #############->

<!-APPLICATION CATEGORY->

<!-Definition: This is a set of terms used within Content->

<!-Packaging to indicate what kind of application program->

<!-is provided->

<!-############################################## #############->

<Term termID = "1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Consumption </ Name>

<Term termID = "1.1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Personal / Home / Education </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Education </ Name>

<Term termID = "1.2.1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Applied sciences </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Animals / Wildlife </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Archaeology </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.4">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Agriculture </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.5">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Anthropology </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.6">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Architecture </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.7">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Art </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.8">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Astronomy </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.9">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Biology </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.10">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Botany </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.11">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Business </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.12">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Chemistry </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.13">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Communications </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.14">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Computer Science </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.15">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Constructions </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.16">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Economics </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.17">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Education </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.18">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Environment </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.19">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Engineering </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.20">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Environmental Science </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.21">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Ethnic / Cultural Studies </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.22">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Finance </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.23">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Geography </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.24">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> General Science </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.25">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Geology </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.26">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Health </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.27">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> History </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.28">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Home Economics </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.29">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Interdisciplinary Studies </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.30">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Language </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.31">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Law </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.32">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Liberal Arts and Science </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.33">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Library Science </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.34">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Literature </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.35">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Manufacturing </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.36">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Marketing </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.37">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Mathematics </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.38">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Mechanics </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.39">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Medicine </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.40">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Military Technologies </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.41">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Music </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.42">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Natural sciences </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.43">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Performing Arts </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.44">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Philosophy </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.45">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Physiology </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.46">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Physical Education </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.47">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Physical Sciences </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.48">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Physics </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.49">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Political Science </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.50">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Psychology </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.51">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Sociology </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.52">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Space / Universe </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.53">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Spiritual </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.54">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Statistics </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.55">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Technology </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.56">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Theology </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.2.57">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Transportation </ Name>

</ Term>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Game </ Name>

<Term termID = "1.3.1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Action Adventure </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.3.2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Arcade </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.3.3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Card and Lottery </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.3.4">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Driving </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.3.5">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Kids </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.3.6">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Puzzle </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.3.7">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Role-Playing </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.3.8">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Simulation </ Name>

<Term termID = "1.3.8.1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Construction / Management </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.3.8.2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Flight </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.3.8.3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Fostrage </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.3.8.4">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Strategy </ Name>

</ Term>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.3.9">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Sports / Leisure </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.3.10">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Others </ Name>

</ Term>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.4">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Business </ Name>

<Term termID = "1.4.1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> By Affair </ Name>

<Term termID = "1.4.1.1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Account / Finance </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.4.1.2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Customer Management </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.4.1.3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Data Management </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.4.1.4">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Inventory Management </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.4.1.5">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Personnel Management </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.4.1.6">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Production / Manufacture </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.4.1.7">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Project Management </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.4.1.8">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Sales / Marketing </ Name>

</ Term>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.4.2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> By Industry </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.4.3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Others </ Name>

</ Term>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.5">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Professional Domain </ Name>

<Term termID = "1.5.2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Engineering Analysis Tool </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.5.4">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Geographical Utility </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.5.3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Mathematics / Science / Statistics Utility </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.5.1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Social / Economical Analysis Tool </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "1.5.5">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Others </ Name>

</ Term>

</ Term>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Management </ Name>

<Term termID = "2.1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> System Management (Utility) </ Name>

<Term termID = "2.1.1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Anti-Spam Utilities </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> CD / DVD Burner and Add-on Utility </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Compression Utility </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.4">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> File / Data Recovery System </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.5">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> File Transfer utility </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.6">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> File Viewer </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.7">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Fire wall </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.8">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Hardware Supporting Tools </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.9">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Icon utilities </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.10">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Internet Security Solutions </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.11">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Internet Software </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.12">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Multi-booting Utility </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.13">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Multimedia Utilites </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.14">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Network Utility (General) </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.15">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Printing / Output utility </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.16">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Remote Control </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.17">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Telnet Client Utiltiy </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.18">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Virus Protection Software </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.19">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Wireless Internet Support </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.20">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Others </ Name>

</ Term>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Job Management </ Name>

<Term termID = "2.2.1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> BackUp Utilities </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Bundle and Suite for OA </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Chart / Graphic Utilities </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.4">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Communication Utility </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.5">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Diagramming / Gantt Chart Tool </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.6">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Document Authoring Tools </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.7">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> DTP Softwares </ Name>

<Definition> Electronic Publication </ Definition>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.8">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> EDMS Software </ Name>

<Definition> Document Management System </ Definition>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.9">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Electronic Dictionary </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.1.10">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Emnulator </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.11">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Encryption Supporting </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.12">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> HTML Editor </ Name>

<Definition> Electronic Publication </ Definition>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.13">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Image converting </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.14">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Map / GIS Software </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.15">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> MathType / Equation Editor </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.16">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> OCR Utilities </ Name>

<Definition> Character Recognition </ Definition>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.17">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> PDF Supporting Tool </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.18">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Presentation Softwares </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.19">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Project Management Utilities </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.20">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Spread Sheete </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.21">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Translating Utilities </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.22">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Voice / Speech Software </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.23">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Web Authoring and Supporting tools </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.24">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Word Processor </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2.25">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Others </ Name>

</ Term>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Multimedia Management </ Name>

<Term termID = "2.3.1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> 3D Utilities </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.3.2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Album Authoring Tools </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.3.3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Animation / Motion picture authoring tool </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.3.4">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Audio Play and Edit Softwares </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.3.5">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Clip Art </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.3.6">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Digital Photo Solution </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.3.7">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Font and Type Software </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.3.8">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Icon Builder </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.3.9">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Image Authoring / Editing Tools </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.3.10">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Multimedia Authoring Tools </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.3.11">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Scanner / Digital Camera (Twain) Supporting </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.3.12">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Screen Saver Editor </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.3.13">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Web Authoring / Supporting Tool </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.3.14">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Others </ Name>

</ Term>

</ Term>

</ Term>

</ ClassificationScheme>

[Appendix 2] XML Metadata for Operating System Category CS

<? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>

<ClassificationScheme uri = "urn: tva: metadata: Phase2: cs: OperatingSystemCS: 2005">

<!-############################################## ##############->

<!-OPERATING SYSTEM->

<!-Definition: This is a set of terms used within Content->

<!-Packaging to indicate what kind of operating system is proper->

<!-to operate an application program->

<!-############################################## ##############->

<Term termID = "1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> DOS </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Windows </ Name>

<Term termID = "2.1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Windows 3.X </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Windows 95 </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Windows 98 </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.4">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Windows Me </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.5">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Windows NT </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.6">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Windows 2000 </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.7">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Windows 2003 Server </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "2.8">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Windows XP </ Name>

</ Term>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Linux </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "4">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Unix </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "5">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Solaris </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "6">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> OS2 </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "7">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Mac </ Name>

<Term termID = "7.1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> System 6 </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "7.2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> System 7 </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "7.3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Mac OS 7.x </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "7.4">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Mac OS 8.x </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "7.5">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Mac OS 9.x </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "7.6">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Mac OS X </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "7.7">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Mac OS X Server </ Name>

</ Term>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "8">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Mobile </ Name>

<Term termID = "8.1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Palm OS 1.x </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "8.2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Palm OS 2.x </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "8.3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Palm OS 3.x </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "8.4">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Palm OS 4.x </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "8.5">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Palm OS 5.x </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "8.6">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Windows CE 1.x </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "8.7">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Windows CE 2.x </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "8.8">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Pocket PC </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "8.9">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Pocket PC 2002 </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "8.10">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Pocket PC 2003 </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "8.11">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Celvic OS </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "8.12">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> EPOC (Psion OS) </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "8.13">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Symbian </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "8.14">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Windows Mobile 2003 Phone Edition </ Name>

</ Term>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "9">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Embedded OS </ Name>

<Term termID = "9.1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Windows CE </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "9.2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Embedded Linux </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "9.3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Embedded Java </ Name>

</ Term>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "10">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> RTOS (Real Time OS) </ Name>

<Term termID = "10.1">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> pSOS </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "10.2">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> OS-9 </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "10.3">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> VxWorks </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "10.4">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> QNX </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "10.5">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> VRTX </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "10.6">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Nucleus </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "10.7">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Qplus </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "10.8">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> Lynx </ Name>

</ Term>

<Term termID = "10.9">

<Name xml: lang = "en"> RT-Linux </ Name>

</ Term>

</ Term>

</ ClassificationScheme>

As described above, the present invention provides an application metadata structure for allowing an application program to be consumed or used by a terminal device according to its purpose of use, and accurately performing the application program download service using the extended package including the same. It is effective to make.

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Package configuration method to support the download of the application program, Generating metadata about general information of the application program, including type information of an application program; Generating metadata about detailed information of the application program, including version information of the application program; Generating metadata about a usage environment of a terminal to which the application program is applied; And And generating a package including the application program and the metadata. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata about the general information of the application program, At least one of the title, media title, short title, synopsis, recommendation information, keywords, genres, parent's guide information, language, actor, award, related content, production date, production location, creator information of the application Package configuration method for supporting the download of the application program, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata about the detailed information of the application program, Package configuration method for supporting the download of the application program, characterized in that it further comprises at least one of the information whether the application program is free or free, whether or not to provide a deletion program. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata about the usage environment of the user terminal, Among hardware manufacturer, hardware version, hardware model, CPU performance, memory capacity, supported OS, middleware type, virtual machine type, other system SW, storage capacity of device, type of terminal device to which the application program is applied Package configuration method for supporting the download of the application program, characterized in that it comprises at least one or more. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata regarding the usage environment of the user terminal further includes middleware type information for data broadcasting of the terminal device. As a package to support the download of application programs, Metadata description means for general information of the application program; Metadata description means for detailed information of the application program; And The package for supporting the download of the application program including metadata description means for the use environment of the terminal to which the application program is applied. The method of claim 6, wherein the metadata about the general information of the application program, At least one of the title, media title, short title, synopsis, recommendation information, keywords, genres, parent's guide information, language, actor, award, related content, production date, production location, creator information of the application Package for supporting the download of the application program comprising a. The method of claim 6, wherein the metadata about the detailed information of the application program, Package for supporting the download of the application program, characterized in that it comprises at least one of the information whether the application program is free or free, whether or not to provide a deletion program. The method of claim 6, wherein the metadata about the usage environment of the terminal to which the application program is applied, Among hardware manufacturer, hardware version, hardware model, CPU performance, memory capacity, supported OS, middleware type, virtual machine type, other system SW, storage capacity of device, type of terminal device to which the application program is applied Package for supporting the download of the application program, characterized in that it comprises at least one or more. In the method for obtaining an application program in a user terminal, Receiving an extended package including general information and detailed information about the application program and metadata about a usage environment; And And obtaining an application program suitable for a user terminal environment using the extended package. The method of claim 10, wherein the general information about the application, At least one of the title, media title, short title, synopsis, recommendation information, keywords, genres, parent's guide information, language, actor, award, related content, production date, production location, creator information of the application Download service method of an application program comprising a. The method of claim 10, wherein the detailed information about the application,  Download service method of the application program, characterized in that it comprises at least one or more of the information whether the application program is free or free, provided with a deletion program. The method of claim 10, wherein the metadata about the usage environment, Among hardware manufacturer, hardware version, hardware model, CPU performance, memory capacity, supported OS, middleware type, virtual machine type, other system SW, storage capacity of device, type of terminal device to which the application program is applied Download service method of the application program, characterized in that it comprises at least one or more. The method of claim 10, wherein the obtaining of the application program comprises: Extracting object information about an application program suitable for a user terminal environment from the received package; And obtaining a predetermined application program using the object information. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the object information is identification information of an object. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the object information is a CRID (Content Referencing ID) defined in the TV-Anytime standard. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the location information of the object is obtained using the object information. In the user terminal for obtaining an application program, A receiving unit which receives an extended package for an application program to be obtained; An object information extracting unit extracting object information of an application program from the received extended package; And A user terminal for acquiring an application program comprising position information obtaining means for obtaining position information of an application program using the object information. 19. The user terminal of claim 18, wherein the object information is identification information of an object. 19. The system of claim 18, wherein the expanded package is At least one of the title, media title, short title, synopsis, recommendation information, keywords, genres, parent's guide information, language, actor, award, related content, production date, production location, creator information of the application A user terminal for obtaining an application program, characterized in that it comprises a. 19. The system of claim 18, wherein the expanded package is A user terminal for acquiring an application program, characterized in that at least one of the information whether the application program is free or free, provided with a deletion program. An application program download service system, Extended package providing means for providing an extended package including general information and detailed information about the application and metadata regarding a usage environment to a user terminal; And And a user terminal acquiring and consuming or using a predetermined application program suitable for a user environment of the user terminal using the extended package. The method of claim 18, wherein the extended package providing means, An extended package generation unit generating the extended package including an identifier of an object corresponding to the application program; An encoding unit for encoding the extended package; And Application program download service system, characterized in that it comprises a transmission unit for transmitting the encoded package to the user terminal. The method of claim 18, wherein the user terminal, Receiving unit for receiving the extended package; And And a decoding unit to decode the received package. Extracting an identifier for an object corresponding to an application program suitable for a user environment of a user terminal from the decoded package, and obtaining and consuming an application program using the identifier for the object.

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